Product Description

Nowhere will you find a more comprehensive, current, and detailed writing course designed specifically for writing children's and teen books, written by an author who is in the field today. WRITING FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS: A CRASH COURSE is a ten-step course that relays all the nitty-gritty details of the business, beginning with how to evaluate your book idea all the way to pitching your book to editors and agents.

Within each step, you'll find clear and specific information covering topics such as the children's book market, manuscript format, revision tips, finding the right agent or publisher, submission etiquette, and common faux pas to avoid. This book will even tell you what kind of paper you should use and exactly how you should write your letters to editors and agents.

Bonus materials include templates for all of your submission needs as well as examples of real-life editorial letters sent to authors from editors today. You will get a complete inside peek to the children's fiction writing market for those who want to write picture books, easy readers, chapter books, and middle grade or teen novels.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #467630 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 125 pages

Synopsis
Nowhere will you find a more comprehensive, current, and detailed writing course designed specifically for writing children and teen books, written by an author who is in the field today. WRITING FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS: A CRASH COURSE is a ten-step course that relays all the nitty-gritty details of the business, beginning with how to evaluate your book idea all the way to pitching your book to editors and agents. Within each step, you'll find clear and specific information covering topics such as the children's book market, manuscript format, revision tips, finding the right agent or publisher, submission etiquette, and common faux pas writers make. This book will even tell you what kind of paper you should use and exactly how you should write your letters to editors and agents. Bonus materials include templates for all of your submission needs as well as examples of real-life editorial letters sent to authors from editors today. You will get a complete inside peak to the children's fiction writing market for those who want to write picture books, easy readers, chapter books, and middle grade or teen novels.

From the Author
The paperback version of my crash course is finally available. The paperback contains revised and expanded versions of my articles in addition to bonus materials that include real-life samples of editor rejection and revision letters.

*******See what others are saying about the course ********

From an editor...

"Thank you so much for reiterating the things we've all been trying to tell writers all along..."

From an author...

"I'm a published author who has sweat her way through one synopsis after the other. I wish I had seen this years ago."

From writers just like you....

"This whole thing about queries is really good. I learned much in a short time; you delivered what I needed. And so, Cynthea, I love you..".

"I've thought about picture books as needing a rhythm, but you spelled it out in a way that had never completely gelled in my mind before."

"Your description of what a synopsis entails is one of the clearest I've seen. You make it seem doable. THAT I like."

"The conversational style of your articles make them easy to understand and a joy to read. You are a goldmine for writers old and new!"

"Thanks for the very interesting tips...the 1/5-3/5-1/5th rule makes perfect sense, just never thought of it that way. You've made the basics for a picture book into a nice little package...exactly what I need!"

"OOH, C. This is very, very good."

"This [article] saved my life. I am not kidding. I was in utter despair yesterday, thinking I could not possibly boil my...manuscript down to a single page synopsis, and finding none of the advice I'd read on the subject to be at all encouraging and helpful. Then I found this article and you made it so clear, so simple, and so delightfully bunny -- I mean, funny -- that all my anxiety flew out the window and before I knew it, I had sat down and hammered out a five-paragraph, exactly one page synopsis that captures all the important details of the main plot but doesn't waste time on digressions. You enabled me to see the "backbone" of my story more clearly than ever before, and I can't tell you how grateful I am...Thank you so very, very much."

"This exactly what I've been looking for. I need to write a synopsis and was needing some direction. Your example really helped me to understand the need of the intro, then building, then resolving the story. Excellent."

About the Author
Cynthea Liu left a career as a technology consultant to become a full-fledged children's book writer, proving that anyone, no matter how inexperienced, can write for children if one has the drive and the patience to learn. She obtained a literary agent within her first year as a writer and sold two novels soon after at auction to the Penguin Group. Her third book sold to Penguin on proposal. Cynthea currently lives in Chicago with her husband, her baby girl, and her rabbit Snoop.